Trunk



(No Model.)

P. B. YAEGER.

TRUNK.

' Patented July 26, 1892.

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PHILOMENA B. YAEGER, OF HELENA, MONTANA.

TRUNK.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 479,485, dated July 26,1892.

Application led January 21, 1892. Serial No. 418,841. (No model.)

To all whom iv' may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILOMENA B. YAEGER, a citizen of theUnited States,residing at Helena, in the county of Lewis and Clarke and State ofMontana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunks,ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

The object of this improvement is to provide a trunk that will be veryconvenient in use-one having a number of compartments to receivedifferent kinds of clothing and provided with means for hanging up coatsor other garments to prevent their becoming creased and the inventionconsists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, and combinations ofparts hereinafter more particularly described and then definitelyTclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective View of a trunkconstructed according to my improvement, with the cover in dotted linesand with parts broken away Fig. 2, an end View of the same with the endremoved. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the tray detached.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by gures, l represents thebody of the trunk, having cross-partitions 2 and 3 and a third partition4, parallel with the front side,

to which the front ends of the partitions 2V and 3 are fastened andwhich provides a receptacle for canes, umbrellas, (be. On thesepartitions rest the tray 5, having partitions, as shown, for shirts,handkerchiefs, collars, cuffs, cc. The largest compartment is designedto receive coats and is provided with a number of (preferably) woodencross-bars 6, arched in the center, so as to extend up into the space inthe cover. Each of these bars (only one of which is fully shown in Fig.1, the rest being represented as broken away) is provided with a hook. 7to receive a wire coat-stretcher 8 and is hinged to the back of thetrunk at one end, while its front end rests in a notch 9, cut in a cleat10, secured to the front of the trunk. Beneath these cross-barsare shownstraps 11,' having buckles 12, which straps are designed to pass to keepthe coats from rubbing against each other.

Pockets 13, 14g, l5, and 1G are shown designed to receive, respectively,slippers, brush and comb, paper and envelopes, and a whiskbroom.

It will be seen that the front partition 4E and the transverse partition3 are slightly lower than the partition 2, which allows the tray to reston partitions 3 and 4, while the partition 2 keeps the tray in position.

From the above description it will be seen that I have produced a trunkthat will not only be very convenient, owing to its various divisions,but will be found to allow of several coats being kept in it free fromthe creases which are inseparable from the keeping of these garments inan ordinary trunk. It will also be seen that the cross-bars, which aresupported on the trunk-body, are archshaped and project into the cover,which allows the coat to be hung higher than would be possible with thestraight bars, and that there is a decided advantage in supporting thesaid cross-bars on the body of the trunk, as the cover can be raisedwithout in any way interfering with the coats, which would not bepossible when they are supported by or from the cover, as has beenproposed.

Vhat I claim as new isl. In combination with a trunk-body, crossbarssupported thereon, extending up into the cover and provided withcoat-stretchers, substantially as described.

2. In combination with a tru nk-body, crossbars extending up into thecover, each having one end hinged to the 'trunk and its other endresting on a cleat attached thereto, substantially as described.

3. The combination of atrunk having front, back, and end walls andpartitions 2, 3, and 4:, the last two partitions being slightly lowerthan the partition 2, with the tray 5 resting on partitions 3 and 4 andheld against moving toward the coatcompartment by said partition 2,substantially as described.

4. As an improved article of manufacture, a trunk constructedsubstantially as herein in presence of two Witnesses, this 15th day ofJanuary, 1892.

PHILOMENA B. YAEGER.

VViLnesses:

W. D. GARDINER, HENRY C. SMITH.

